Professional experience and career objectives: Associate Director of Vaccinology searching for new challenges in Business Development and Technology Licensing for adjuvants for infectious diseases or cancer applications. Experience in R&D, product discovery, technology development and team management within biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Played a key role in several pre-clinical IND-enabling studies. Leader of teams evaluating needle-free injectors and electroporation devices to enhance vaccine potency.
Skills and areas of expertise: Dedicated, productive and analytical with strong leadership & outstanding organizational skills. Proven ability to adapt to new challenges. Good communication skills (author of 32 scientific articles) and proficient in MS Office. Keywords: biotechnology, immunology, gene therapy, vaccines, adjuvants
Current Employment
Associate Director of Vaccinology
Vical Inc.
(Pharmaceutical Industry) - United States
may 1992 - Today (17 years 6 months)
Spear headed development of a proprietary adjuvant for protein- and peptide-based vaccines. Responsible for in vivo testing of formulations & vectors for vaccines. Identified a strong vector and a novel adjuvant currently being evaluated in Phase I clinical trial with DNA-based pandemic flu vaccine.
Studied growth requirements of central cholinergic, dopaminergic and serotonergic neurons at the Department of Preclinical Research. Identified factors which increase their survival, revealing novel possibilities for the treatment of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.
Education
University of Miami United States (Florida)
, february 1985 - january 1988
PhD, International Scholar, Neurobiology
Universität Basel Switzerland
, january 1984 - july 1988
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